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Table 7 Numbers of unique and shared prioritized candidate genes by phenotypic category across the studied chicken breeds1

From: Selective footprints and genes relevant to cold adaptation and other phenotypic traits are unscrambled in the genomes of divergently selected chicken breeds

Phenotypic category2

n 3

Unique genes

Shared genes

USH

OMF

RUW

WCR

USH

OMF

RUW

WCR

Cold tolerance

84

60

0

5

0

13

9

3

1

Domestication

6

0

1

2

0

3

2

1

2

Egg traits

68

44

1

2

1

21

8

3

12

Energy and feed intake

27

22

1

0

1

8

5

3

2

Fat metabolism

83

38

5

2

2

21

19

4

2

Growth, meat, carcass

131

74

3

6

5

41

24

10

17

Immunity

140

69

3

5

5

57

34

18

14

Reproduction

55

28

0

2

2

23

14

6

7

Response to heat

35

19

1

0

1

13

10

3

5

Skin, feather, skin other appendages

76

37

2

5

5

26

15

8

6

Stress and adaptation

47

27

4

1

1

17

7

8

2

Thermosensation

5

3

0

0

0

2

2

0

1

  1. 1 Breeds: OMF Orloff Mille Fleur, RUW Russian White, USH Ushanka, WCR White Cornish. 2 Phenotypic categories were attributed to PCGs based on relevant PubMed publications (see Materials and Methods). 3 Total number of genes per category